Automobile mower.



'1. L. BEASLEY.

AUTOMOBILE MOWER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. mm.

1 74,499. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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AUTOMOBiLE MOWER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24. I917. lfimfi riin Patented An e, 1918,

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1.,L. BEASLEY.

AUTOMOBILE MOWER.

APPLlCATlON FILED SEPT. 24. 1917.

1 74,499. Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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JOHN L. BEASLEY, 0F MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

AUTOMOBILE MOWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 24, 1917. SeriallNo. 192,995.

mobile mower, and the objects of the invention are, first, to provide amower attachment for automobiles, second, to provide means for drivingthe mower knife, third, to provide means for suspending the attachmentfrom an automobile, fourth, to provide means for elevating the cutterbar and knife when not in use, fifth to provide means for supporting thecutter Jar and knife in lower and in elevated positions, sixth, toprovide a simple and efficient automobile mower.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of an automobile mowerconstructed in accordance with this invention, the automobile bodyremoved;

7 Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

FFig. 3 is a..section on the line 3-3 of igQ-l;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan view of the operating mechanism andmain cutter bar support, a portion being in section.

Fig. 5 is a detail view in elevation of the cutter bar elevating means.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference:

The chassis of an automobile is indicated at 1, on which is mounted amotor, indicated conventionally at 2. A drive shaft extendslongitudinally of the chassis and is housed in a tubing or casing 3.

A formed supporting bracket 4, having an irregular opening as shown, hasangularly disposedlugs 5 at each end through which it is attached to theside bars of the chassis by means 'of bolts 6 or otherwise.

Hubs 7 and 8 are formed at the front and rear faces respectively, of thebracket 4 and are adapted to receive the shaf casing 3, a section ofwhich casing is removed at this point, as seen most clearly in Fig. 1.The ends of the casing 3 are bound within the hubs by means of setscrews or otherwise.

Rigid on the drive shaft, and positioned within the reduced portion ofthe opening in Patented Aug.6,1918.

the bracket 4:, is a gear wheel 9 which meshes with a small gear 10which slides on a shaft 11. The shaft 11 is journaled in the brackethand has a kcyway 12 formed therein and adapted to receive a key formedon the gear 10. A lever rod 13 is actuated in the usual way to throw thegear, and eX- tends to the operators seat or other convenient location.The forward end of the shaft 11 projects beyond the front face of thebracket 4 and on this end is secured a wrist plate 13' provided with awrist pin 1a which pivotally engages one end of a pitman 15.

Secured to the outer face of one side bar of the chassis 1 are spacedbrackets 16 to each of which is pivotally secured one end of the hangerbars or supports 17. Each hanger bar 17 is preferably reduced at itsupper end, as shown, to form a tongue which has pivotal connection withthe bracket 16, while the lower end of each hanger 17 is bifurcated toembrace a lug 18 to which it is pivotally secured.

The lugs 18 are fastened by bolts or otherwise to a supporting plate 19which is apertured at each end to receive rollers 20. The pins or shaftsof the rollers 20 are journaled in suitable blocks 21 which are securedto the plate 19 in any convenient manner, and are preferably integralwith the lugs 18. Vheels or rollers 22 are also provided which normallylie above the plate 19, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1, and which areadapted to contact the ground and support the parts when the plate isturned to vertical position, as will be clearly apparent from aninspection of Fig. 3. These wheels 22 are suitably journaled in theplate 19 and brackets 23, which are secured to the plate.

Secured to the supporting plate 19 is a cutter bar 24: to the outer endof which is attached a plate 25 to which a supporting wheel or roller 26is pivotally secured. The

cutter bar has the usual series of fingers 27 riveted or otherwisesecured thereto, and supports a reciprocating cutter blade 28 in theusual manner.

The blade 28 is provided with a head 29 which slides in guide blocks 30secured to the supporting plate 19. The head 29 may be ofany of theusualformations to pivotally engage the outer end of the pitman 15.

An eye bolt 31 is secured to the cutter bar and to theeye may beattached one end of a cable 32 the other end of which is secured to alever 33 which is pivotally mounted on the running board 34 of theautomobile. The lever 33 is thrown to raise or lower the cutter bar inpassing obstructions such as stumps of trees, large rocks and the like.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new and sought byLetter Patent, is

An automobile mower embodying, in combination with an automobilechassis, including a motor, a drive shaft, and a casing for' within thechassis,- hubs onthe bracket for the reception of the casing, means forbind-.

" the shaft, a bracket detachably secured f ing the casing withinthe'hubs, a gear wheel l on the drive shaft within the bracket andbetween the hubs, a counter shaft journaled in the bracket, a gear wheelfeathered on the countershaft and adapted to mesh with the firstmentioned gear wheel, awrist late on v to the p as my own, I have heretoaflixed'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. BEASLEY,

Witnesses:

' MmroN G. DILIDN, CLAUDE R. BRIGGS.

